1960 in Africa information

as the Year of Africa, 1960 saw 17 African countries declare independence among other events. Mau Mau Uprising is officially over in Kenya. 9–11 January...

The following lists events that happened during 1960 in South Africa. Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II Governor-General: Charles Robberts Swart (from 12 January)...

republic was held in South Africa on 5 October 1960. The Afrikaner-dominated right-wing National Party, which had come to power in 1948, was avowedly...

Census of 1960 was the 5th comprehensive national census of the Union of South Africa. It undertook to enumerate every person present in South Africa on the...

Mercenaries have played a vital role in the modern history of Africa from the independent movements of the 1960s up until the 2020s. Broadly the mercenary...

1960 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1960. 1960 (MCMLX) was...

culminating in the 1960 Year of Africa and the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity in 1963. Portugal's overseas presence in sub-Saharan Africa (most...

1960 is referred to as the Year of Africa because of a series of events that took place during the year—mainly the independence of seventeen African nations—that...

America, Africa, North America, Oceania Amblyothele Simon, 1910—Africa Anomalomma Simon, 1890—Pakistan, Indonesia, Zimbabwe Anomalosa Roewer, 1960—Australia...

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA or R.S.A.), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres...

The year 1960 in film involved some significant events. The top ten 1960 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: After Psycho...

notable events in music that took place in the year 1960. 1960 in British music 1960 in Norwegian music 1960 in country music 1960 in jazz January – Stuart...

The decolonisation of Africa was a series of political developments in Africa that spanned from the mid-1950s to 1975, during the Cold War. Colonial governments...

Christianity in Africa arrived in Africa in the 1st century AD and in the 21st century, the majority of Africans are Christians. Several African Christians...

South Africa first participated at the Olympic Games in 1904, and sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games until 1960. After the passage...

Saint-Louis in Senegal until 1902, and then Dakar until the federation's collapse in 1960. With an area of 4,689,000 km2, French West Africa was eight times...

occurred on 21 March 1960 at the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of...

The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960. In a closely contested...

they competed for land. By 1960, at least seven British, French, and Belgian colonies—in addition to the Union of South Africa—had passed legislation reserving...

Crime in South Africa includes all violent and non-violent crimes that take place in the country of South Africa, or otherwise within its jurisdiction...

system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was...

Most English-speaking South Africans were opposed to the creation of a republic, many of them voting "no" in the 5 October 1960 referendum. But due to the...

became the target of international protest. The All Blacks toured South Africa in 1960, despite a 150,000 signature petition opposing it. The Springboks avenged...

Sewsunker "Papwa" Sewgolum won the Dutch Open golf tournament for the second year in a row. 1960 in South Africa Timeline of South African sport v t e v t e...

The 1960 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa, was a series of rugby union matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All...

billion people were living in 53 countries in Africa. Africa is a resource-rich continent. Recent growth has been due to growth in sales, commodities, services...

The South Africa men's national soccer team represents South Africa in men's international soccer and it is run by the South African Football Association...